He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
He restoreth my soul - reviving me when fainting (Psalms 19:8), and overcome temporarily by temptations. The good Shepherd not only cares for the sound sheep, but also and especially for the sick. So Ezekiel 34:16.
Paths of righteousness - "the way of the just" (Isaiah 26:7); that justification whereby He graciously accounts believers righteous through faith, and enables them to be righteous by His inworking Spirit.
For his name's sake not for my merits for I have none; but for "the praise of the glory of His grace" (Eph For his name's sake - not for my merits, for I have none; but for "the praise of the glory of His grace" (Ephesians 1:6), and from regard to His own manifested character ('name'). Compare Exodus 34:5-7. Messiah is to us the fullest manifestation of the name of God, for God's, name is in Him (Exodus 23:21). "For His name's sake" is thus equivalent now to "for Christ's sake."